School Holiday Activities
CERES Education runs school holiday programs for primary school aged children. Our programs are conducted by specialist educators who spend the whole program time with the students. These programs are only available in the last week before school starts of each holiday period. Our minimum number is 20 students per booking. We can cater for up to one hundred students in one group, although they must be divided into groups of approximately 20-25.

 

Full-Day program
10.00 – 2.30pm

Choose FOUR activities.
This includes a 15min snack break and 30min lunch break.

$19.80 per student
(min cost per class $396)

Three Quarter Day program
10.30 – 2.00pm

Choose THREE activities.
This includes a 15min snack break and 30min lunch break.

$16.50 per student
(min cost per class $330)

Half-Day Program
10.00–12.15pm or 12.30–2.45pm

Choose TWO activities.
This includes a 15min snack break.

$11.00 per student
(min cost per class $220)

 

  • These prices include GST
  • There is no charge for teachers or accompanying adults. Bring as many as you like!
  • Minimum class sizes is 20 students, maximum 25. Only one class can participate in an activity at a time.

Cultural Activities
Content may vary depending on whether the presenter is male or female and what cultural region they come from. Each dot point describes a 50-60 minute activity.

Aboriginal Activities

  • Bush Tucker - learn how plants are used for food, drink, medicine, tools and building materials. Weave bracelets around the Aboriginal fire circle.
  • Rock Painting and Aboriginal Art - paint traditional Aboriginal symbols using ochre and tell dreamtime stories.
  • Boomerang and Dance - learn traditional songs and how to throw a boomerang.

African Activities

  • Village Activities - explore the collective work and responsibilities in an African Village: pounding grain, traditional libation spiritual welcoming, participate in mud brick making, hut construction, and thatching.
  • African Drumming - learn traditional rhythms on djembe drums and participate in chanting and group singing.
  • Traditional Games and Water Collection – play a variety of traditional African children’s games, collect water from the river and learn about how children work and play in Africa.

Indian Activities

  • Arts & Crafts - draw rangoli decorations and design and create traditional bindi to take home
  • Marriage Celebrations - perform dances, dress up, prepare the wedding feast and negotiate dowry.
  • Indian Celebrations – become part of traditional celebrations, dress up, make and design your own henna.
  • Village Life – experience the ancient tradition of yoga and its role in daily life and participate in a variety of traditional games.

 

Indonesian Activities

  • Batik making – design and create a piece of batik material to take home using hot wax and dyes.
  • Wayang & Angklung – tell stories with wayang (puppetry) and learn songs on the angklung (bamboo instrument).
  • Dance – learn a traditional Indonesian dance.
  • Becak and games – ride and drive a becak (bike used as public transport), play various Indonesian games.

 

Environmental Activities
Each activity described below runs for 50-60 minutes.

  • Where our food comes from? - Visit the stables & feed the animals. Discover which products come from which farm animals. Discover the CERES organic farm and all the food that grows there.
  • Organics Recycling - Handle a real worm and learn about the composting cycle. Hunt for mini-beasts and learn about food webs.
  • Plant a Seed - Play “I Spy” in our community gardens and plant you own seed to take home and nurture.
  • Aquatic Netting - Explore the CERES pond and discover what creatures inhabit the pond using nets and identification sheets.
  • Paper Making - Learn how paper is made from recycled material. Make your very own example of hand made recycled paper to take home.
  • Merri Creek Walk - Learn some of the Indigenous and European history of the Creek. How has it changed over time?

     

“Extremely student interactive activities. Students are encouraged to immerse themselves into different cultures they have never experienced before.”
Gr 6 Teacher, Christ the Priest Primary School

Wheelchair Access
We are working towards full wheelchair access across CERES. We recommend that all visitors using wheelchairs are accompanied by a support person as some parts of the site have difficult surfaces; gravel, inclines, sand, muddy after rain. There are wheelchair accessible toilets at CERES. Please alert our Bookings staff if there will be visitors in wheelchairs with your group.

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